Presence of Varicose Veins is the Most Important Risk Factor for Developing PTS

Thromb Haemost 2018; 118(07): 1130
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1660859

Invited T&H Insights

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Hugo Partsch

¹Emeritus Professor of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

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